Boro Mania

He was simply Hamilton Ricard, a unique and perplexing talent. All the best Hammy, thanks for the slightly confusing memories. Ah, one more time: Riiiicard, Riiiicard, Riiiicard!!!

It is a little known fact that Paul ‘Gazza’ Gascoigne had the chance of trials with the Boro back in 1980 and he came down to the club with his friend Keith Spraggon, Paul left without taking the trial and Boro offered his friend youth terms.

John Hendrie arrived having made Boro his fourth club in four years and had spent spells at our arch rivals Leeds United and Newcastle United. He’d soon be forgiven and would eventually go down in Boro history as a true great.

My personal favourite is Tony ‘Mogga’ Mowbray, such a legend, that the match day fanzine at Middlesbrough is technically in a round about way named after him. I have fondly followed his career until the present day and he will always be a hero to me, a true local great of the game.

Born at 11 Valley Road, an inter-war council house in Grove Hill, Middlesbrough, Brian Clough was the son of a local sweet factory worker, and the fifth of eight children.

The arrival of a diminutive Brazilian International in 1995 sparked a feeling of excitement and expectation rarely, if ever, witnessed at the Riverside Stadium before or since. The entire town and surrounding area was captivated and thousands more season tickets were sold, Juninho had arrived.